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Monday, April 13, 2009

Four Magic regulars sit as Bucks win easily

Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu, and J.J. Redick all were inactive for Monday night's game at Milwaukee. The result was predictable, with the Magic shooting a sickly 31.8% (Mickael Pietrus and Jeremy Richardson combined to shoot 4 of 25), as the Bucks won going away 98-80. The Magic can no longer tie the 1995-'96 team for the most wins in a season in franchise history with 60.

In a huge game involving the Magic's possible playoff opponents, Chicago came back to beat Detroit 91-88, thereby insuring that the Pistons won't finish as the 6th seed and will not play the Magic in the first round.

The Bulls are now 41-40, 1/2 game ahead of Philadelphia for the sixth seed.

2 Comments:

I suppose a lot of Magic fans are happy that the Magic will no longer have to worry about facing their nemesis, the Pistons, in the first round.

If the Magic are the elite team that we all think they are (the last week notwithstanding), they should fear no team in the first round, including the Pistons, who are nowhere near as good as they have been the last several years.

This would have been an opportune time for the Magic to get that Pistons' monkey of their backs, but it's a moot point now.

It's looking like it's going to be the Bulls who will play the Magic in the first round, unless Philly wins their last two games. The Bulls are playing outstanding basketball.